[Linux-aus] Council Minutes 24th April 2013
Linux Australia Secretary
secretary at linux.org.au
Sat Apr 27 20:09:54 EST 2013
Hi everyone,
Please find below Council Minutes for 24th April.
As always your comments and feedback are warmly welcomed,
Kind regards,
Kathy
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Council Minutes Wednesday 24th April
MINUTES Council Meeting
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata
2. Log any correspondence for discussion or receipt
3. Review state of action items from previous meetings
4. Discuss starred items
5. Note any unstarred items
6. Other business
For the purposes of clarity, Josh Hesketh is referred to in minutes as
El Presidente. For the purposes of humour, Kathy Reid is referred to as
Madame Secretary.
Meeting opened 1945hrs
Present: Mr Joshua Hesketh, Mr Hugh Blemings, Mr Francois Marier, Mr
Josh Stewart, Ms Kathy Reid
Apologies: Mr Clinton Roy, Ms Biance Gibson
Quorum was achieved
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata
MOVE that the minutes from 28th March are correct
SECONDED by Madame Secretary, passed unanimously
NOTED that the meeting scheduled for 11th April did not reach quorum and
that it was rescheduled by consensus to Wed 24 April.
2. Log of correspondence
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Membership - In the period since last meeting 28th March, there have
been 5 applications for membership of LA. These have all been
approved except from one applicant, who has yet to provide her last
name as per the constitution. Membership stands at 2921 according to
MemberDB.
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Insurance policy renewals from HIMAN BHINDI at oamps
Paperwork has been sent by Hugh 23 April, has been received and has been
passed to relevant insurers for processing. Waiting to hear back from
the insurers.
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Request from Open Food Web from KIRSTEN LARSEN and next actions
Request was discussed in terms of precedence, alignment with values of
Linux Australia etc. Awaiting response from Kirsten to Brianna.
Comfortable with hosting request, further information needed around
developer time, licensing implications.
NOTED that Microsoft Word documents / .docx format is not ideal for a
grant submission to Linux Australia :-)
MOTION Council to work with Admin Team to provide appropriate VPS to
Open Food Web
SECONDED by Madame Secretary, passed unanimously
Decision on second part of project - funding developer time - is
postponed until further information is provided, specifically a response
to Brianna Laugher’s questions on the linux-aus mailing list
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Request for Linux and Android information from DARREN MOORE
Kathy responded to Darren directly, no further action required
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Information from BRIANNA LAUGHER regarding inaugural Australian
Internet Governance Forum http://www.igf.org.au/. What next actions
should we take to promote this?
Council noted their thanks to Brianna for passing this on. Strong
support for this initiative. Noted that Internet NZ is an event partner.
General consensus that we would like to support and promote this to our
community. Discussion around formally approaching auDA to offer support
and assistance, all in agreement. Possibly also one for the Media Team
to assist with.
ACTION: El Presidente to work with Madame Secretary to draft an official
letter of support to auDA
3. Review of action items from previous meetings
(Refer Trello for action items and please update current status before
meeting)
Action items were reviewed for progress and next actions taken and
actioned items noted as complete.
4. Items for discussion
LCA2013 wind up update
Generally under control
LCA2014 update
Progressing, Ghosts is this weekend
PyCon AU update
Progressing very well. Could use more assistance but is still
progressing very well with thanks to Chris’ efforts.
Shaun’s travel request, update
With Clinton to chat with Shaun.
ACTION: El Presidente to follow up with Clinton and Shaun
Media subcommittee and Newsletter update
Council newsletter and getting this going - we have a draft at
http://wiki.linux.org.au/MediaTeam:Newsletter/2013April#Media_and_Communications_Subcommittee
ACTION: Madame Secretary to liaise with Brianna to seek review on draft
ACTION: Madame Secretary to send to Council for feedback also
TASLug elections
Under control
GovHack and promoting this to the wider community
General support indicated for this initiative, Linux Australia would
like to assist/sponsor.
ACTION: El Presidente and Madame Secretary to work on a letter of
support to GovHack
Hardware Freedom Day and putting this on a wider calendar of events
Noted, we can put this on the calendar of events in the future
Peter Lieverdink’s resignation from webteam and admin team
Council were unanimous in their deep gratitude for all of Peter’s efforts.
ACTION: Hugh to follow up a thank you gift for Peter
Committees
We need to do a call for volunteers for sub-committees, admin, webteam,
mirror team essentially. General call for help on the webteam.
ACTION: El Presidente to do a call for volunteers for the Sub-committees.
Bianca taking a break
Council noted Bianca’s efforts with thanks
Joomla Day Sydney subcommittee
MOVE: That the Joomla Subcommittee is instantiated to run Joomla Day
Sydney led by Tim Plummer as per email 19th February
MOVED by El Presidente, SECONDED by Francois, passed unanimously
5. Items for noting
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Banking situation now mostly sorted: 4 signatories (Francois, Josh,
Kathy, Hugh), 3 debit cards (Josh, Kathy, Francois), 3 token holders
(Josh, Francois, Kathy), 2 account admins (Josh, Francois).
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LCA2014 account is now “2 to sign” just like other LA accounts (with
the exception of LCA2013).
6. Other business
DrupalGov Canberra
Council noted the request from CHRIS SKENE which didn’t make it on to
the agenda prior to the meeting. In general all supportive.
ACTION El Presidente to speak with Chris Skene and have a chat about
specifics
AUUG windup
ACTION: Hugh to work with them in terms of any handover tasks
Meeting closed 2100hrs
Next meeting: Thursday 9th May 1945hrs
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Kathy Reid
Secretary
Linux Australia
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http://linux.org.au
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